Stepwise assembly of heterometallic, heteroleptic “triblock Janus-type” metal–organic polyhedra
Cornelia von Baeckmann, Sara Ruiz‐Relaño, Inhar Imaz, Marcel Handke, Judith Juanhuix, Felipe Gándara, Arnau Carné‐Sánchez, Daniel Maspoch
Abstract
Increasing the chemical complexity of metal-organic cages (MOCs) or polyhedra (MOPs) demands control over the simultaneous organization of diverse organic linkers and metal ions into discrete caged structures. Herein, we show that a pre-assembled complex of the archetypical cuboctahedral MOP can be used as a template to replicate such caged structure, one having a "triblock Janus-type" configuration that is both heterometallic and heteroleptic.
Topics & Concepts
PolyhedronJanusMetalMaterials scienceCharacter (mathematics)Metal-organic frameworkNanotechnologyMetal ions in aqueous solutionCrystallographyCombinatorial chemistryChemistryOrganic chemistryMetallurgyGeometryAdsorptionMathematicsSupramolecular Chemistry and ComplexesMetal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and ApplicationsSupramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials